Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-17
The Crop Reports for June.

The June returns of the department Of
agriculture indicate a reduction of nearly
2 per cent in the area of winter wheat
Changes in acreage of States are Slight
except in Kansas where a reduction of
% per cent is reported, caused by bad
harvests and low prices The spring
wheat area has been enlarged per cent
from increase of immigration and farm
making west of the Mississippi In the dis
tricts traversed by the Northern Pacific
railroad. Most of the increase is in Dako-
ia, which reports an increment of "a per
cent. The total area of wheat is about
81, zoo, 900 acres, fraction of ! per cent
more than that of the previous crop. The
winter wheat average is $40. a reduction
of nine-tenthS of l per cent. In 1856 the
June average was 92.7. Reports of short
straw are numerous. The harvest is al
ready in progress up to the 3Sth degree of
latitude. The condition of spring wheat
is good in Dakota and territories west
ward, but below average records in Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska
The general average for spring wheat is
81. 8, which is lower than in recent years,
but 13 points higher than in 1881 At har-
vesting last year the condition averaged
50. Dry weather in April has been inju-
rious to winter wheat. Insects have com
mitted greater depredations than usual.
The central belt westward from Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia has suffered local dam
age from the Hessian fly and the chinch
bug has wrought injury in Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Kansas The area of winter rye
has been diminished over per cent main
ly by large reduction in Kansas. Con-
dition is better than that of wheat, as
usual, averaging $50 An apparent en-
largemeut of the barley acreage of 3 per
cent Is indicated. The increase is in
Dakota, California, Oregon, and the terri
tories, Condition averages IS, being
slightly above that of wheat. There is
a continuance of the extension of oat
culture. The increase Is per cent. This
crop has taken part of the area former
ly in wheat in Kansas, an advance of &c
per cent over the acreage OF last year. The
increase is large in the Northwest, and
there is tendency to enlargement in all
sections of the country. In the acreage of
cotton an increase of per cent is report
ed. There appears to be a slight decline
in the States of the Atlantic coast and an
increase west of the Mississippi. The
State averages are: Virginia 80, North
Carolina 995, South Carolina 9S, Georgia
1904 Louisiana 1902, Texas 10S, Arkansas
1902 g. Tennessee 100. Condition of cotton
is higher than in any June since 1880
averaging 969, and has only been ex.
ceeded three times since 1870. The best
yield in that period, however, was in 1882
when June condition was SO, a figure that
has been discounted six times since 1870
1t is a good beginning but does not insure
a good crop. The State averages are
Virginia 90, North Carolina 80. South Car
olina 9S, Georgia 49, Florida 80, Alabama
80, Mississippi 90, Louisiana 81, Texas 81,
Arkansas 9S, Tennessee 81, general aver
age 96.9. There is generally an unusually
good "staud" or plant" In Texas the
early planted did not come up well late
planting is better. There is not full
plant in some fields in Arkansas. Clean
cultivation is reported as rule, and o
healthy color and good growth.